Anthony Anderson let it all flow on set of Hustle & Flow. "We got high in a scene 'cause we were supposed to be smoking a joint on the porch," Anderson recalled. "And I was like, 'F--- it. Let's be ...

We’ve reached the final week of our Thowback August, where we look at movies that came out in 2005. From a Memphis perspective, the biggest film of that year was Craig Brewer’s Hustle & Flow. It was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “There was a lot of resistance to Hustle & Flow,” Brewer recalls. “People were saying, ‘Should we care about a pimp rapping?’ But ...

Brigette J. Jones, CIG is director of Equitable Partnerships at the Belle Meade Historic Site and Winery. You can email her at Brigette.Jones@visitbellemeade.com Hustle & Flow was released on July 22, ...

For more than three years, Craig Brewer, the writer and director of “Hustle & Flow,” couldn’t get his film financed because, unlike the majority of his cast, he’s white. “There were a couple of places ...

“Hustle & Flow” seemed like an unlikely, unconventional candidate for the Academy Awards — being a film about a pimp turned rapper on the Memphis scene. But the critically-acclaimed success went on to ...